In another of the mind-boggling manipulation and corruption stories involving the Attorney General, Saharareporters has found his hand in the controversial handover of the General Aviation Terminal (GAT) of the Murtala Mohammed Airport in Lagos.
Mr. Aondoakaa, our impeccable source revealed, took huge bribe money from Mr. Wale Babalakin, the chairman of Bi -Courtney, the company now reputed for building sub-standard structures. Aondoakaa had worked with Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited to grant the company a 36-year concession to run the domestic wing of the Murtala Mohammed Airport".
During the Obasanjo's administration, Babalakin got Femi Fani Kayode to recommend that his lease on the airport be extended from 12 years to 36 years, but that proposal was rejected.
In came Aondoakaa, who, after receiving N400 million from Babalakin, got Bi-Courtney to sue his office for breach of contract after claiming that it had the right to manage both the MMA2 and the GAT for 36 years starting from April 2004. Curiously, Bi-Courtney did not include the Federal Aviation Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) in the lawsuit. That strategy was deliberate. FAAN would have contested the lawsuit, but Aondoakaa's refused to diligently defend his office when put on notice about the suit.
Bi-Courtney then obtained a court judgement allowing it to forcefully take over GAT in a secret ceremony that had the airport workers protesting. The worker’s protests have so far yielded some positive results, as the office of the National Security Adviser has intervened and suspended the Bi-Courtney agreement until Yar'adua returns from his sick bed in Saudi Arabia.
Only last week, the Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders (CACOL), an umbrella body made up of 35 organizations fighting corruption in the country, joined the growing nationwide clamour for Aondoakaa to be relieved of his position. In a letter to Yar’Adua, it said CACOL had found the Attorney General “to be roguish, corruptible, insensitive and incompetent either as a Minister in any Ministry or (as) the Attorney-General.”
The letter was copied to the President of the Senate; the Speaker of the House of Representatives; the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation (the position Aondoakaa officially occupies); the Chairman of the National Judicial Commission; and the President of the Nigerian Bar Association.
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PHILIP TORKUMA TSO
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... Well i don't have much to say about that, Aondoakaa as a minister of justice why should his name be mention in this case? |
JUSTIN ABU
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... This is the worst AGF Nija ever had and the urgliest with passion.His death will be worst than that of SANNI ABACHA,GO-SLOW YARADUA.Nija na waooooh. |
FEMI SOLARIN
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... For everything you have missed, you have gained something else; and for everything you gain, you lose something. Definately they have lose their souls. ( If they have one)We do not inherit the earth from out parents. We borrow it from our children. Death is knocking at their door ,very soon |
feyi
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... Who is this Aondoka guy. hope we would still be Nigeria by the time he finishes with us. but cant someone gun him down? all this Niger delta boyz, what are they doing? we need them to emancipate the country. we cant continue this way. it cant go on like this |
IKECHUKWU,V. OBI
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... TO ME YAR`ADUA IS NOT THE PRINCIPAL PROBLEM BUT A PART OF IT. OBJ AND TO SOME EXTENT IBB WERE THE INIATORS. |
keme
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... Sooner very soon all evil doers will pay for their evil deeds. As my Pastor will always say, the Opressor will not willngly grant freedom to the opressed. The opressed has to demand for his freedom. The Kingdom of God suffers violent and it is the (violent) commited, resolute, determined, dogged and brave that takes it by force. We have been opressed by opressors for too long. it is time for the righteous to take over. The handwrittings are on the wall. God bless you SR. |
Shapiro
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... Please SR i appreciate your reporting style but try not to be biased. I will appreciate it if you can show us a proof of the N400 million check issued by Dr. Babalakin. Also MMA2 has been adjudged as one of the best airports in west africa. Please SR dont taint your image by biased reporting... |
otonye
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... nothing spoil wen jungle mature all d animals go come outside they actually needs amnesty. let me tell u d meaning of pdp poverty driving party,no more no less bunch of agberos,militants,miscrants,thiefs,evilmen god dei sha. |
JIMMY IWEALA
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... I CAN SWEAR THAT ALL THE FRAUDULENT AGREEMENTS THEY HAVE ENTERED INTO DURING OBJ AND YAR'ADUA ADMINISTRATION WILL BE REVERSED WHEN THE TIME COMES. INCLUDING THE LAGOS IBADAN EXPRESSWAY, MM2, NOTORE, EAST/WEST ROAD, RAILWAY AND ALL THE CONCESSIONINGS. THE DAYS OF THE ROUGES ARE FAST COMING TO AN END! |
P Abohwo Esq
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... I cannot comment on this 400 million issue until I see a copy of the check he cut out to the AG or some proof; but I know as a fact that Babalakin Ph.D is man that strives for excellence and require excellence in his dealings. I interned with his law firm in the early days. |
Oke A.O
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... Saharareporter please be objective with your report. How can you sbstantiate your report that Bi -Courtney, is now reputed for building sub-standard structures? In as much as I support your effort at exposing the ills in our system, I would like to be reading reports that can be backed with evidence. |
BACUSMAN
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... IT IS A PITY! A COUNTRY WITH ALL THE HEADS OF MOST ESTABLISHMENT AS ROGUES CAN NEVER PROGRESS. THE PRESIDENT IS CORRUPT, THE SENATE PRESIDENT,THE INEC CHAIRMAN, THE CHAIRPERSON OF EFCC, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE FEDERATION, PDP IS CORRUPT,MOST OF THE GOVERNORS BOTH SERVING AND THE PAST,AS WELL AS PAST PRESIDENTS ALL IS CORRUPT SO WHAT IS GOOD ABOUT THE COUNTRY IF ALL THE LEADERS ARE ROGUES. THE BEST THING IS TO SELL THE COUNTRY IN TO SLAVERY OR INVITE OTHER NATIONS TO BID AND BUY IT OVER. IT IS A SHAME ALL THIS IS HAPPENING WHEN IDIAGBO IS LATE. |
DON G
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... A SICK MAN NEEDS A SICK BED!! NOT TO BE PRESIDENT OF A SICK COUNTRY!!! YAR ADUA SHOULD HIDE HIS FACE IN SHAME AND GET OUT OF THAT POSITION AFTERALL HE DOES NOT EVEN HAVE A HOSPITAL TO TREAT HIM IN HIS COUNTRY. ARE THE PEOPLE WHO BUILT THE SAUDI HOSPITALS HE ATTENDS NOT HUMANS??? THERE SHALL BE BLOOD!! |
osin
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... This Aondo rogue has surpassed even Abacha in daylight robbery, Tafa in bribery, OBJ in kickback and Babangida in looting. Chei! Am begining to doubt his SANship. Did this man ever go to school? This nicompoop must be taught a lesson. Imagine the way he is carrying on as if he owns Nigeria and Nigerians. I ve never been so insulted in my life as a citizen. Something tells me his waterloo is close by. Haba!!!! |
WITKAY
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... While i appreciate SR's investigative reporting style, I advise that your report should be void of bias.How do you substantiate that Bi-Courtey structures are sub-standard?The MMA2 built by the coy was adjudged one of the best in Africa and done to intl standard. On the issue of AGF,it is just too disturbing all injustices he has meted on our national life and believe strongly that God's judgement will fall upon him sooner than he thinks. God save Niaja. |
sina Adebisi
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... why u guys never see anything good in Naija na wa 4 u ohh d eddifice in MMA2 SUB-STANDARD haba omom eniyan well we are looking 4 investors from obodo oyinbo a naija dey invest u pple are running him down.Well may God 4give u guys. |
PREYE IBISO
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... BABALAKIN AND ANDY UBA WORK HAND IN HAND...BY THE GRACE OF GOD, PRISON AWAITS THEM BOTH...AT THE RIGHT TIME...A THOUSAND YARADUAS CAN NEVER SAVE THEM! |
Opeyemmy
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... Andoaakaa is a digrace to the entire judiciary system of Nigeria i wonder what the honorable gentle men of the bar is waiting for, by now he should have been kicked out and suspended from the bar for unproffesionalism, he is athief and charged for aiding criminals |
Adedosu Adebayo
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... Reading all these sad tales only saddens me the more. What hope or life are we giving to generations unborn? We are not fighting the corruption within yet we are complaining about SONY's PS3 ad and District 9 movie. The world over has come to recognize Nigeria has the bedrock of corruption and lawlessness. Abeg, SR, do a follow-up on Boko Haram and the Shiite group's rally that led to the death of 6people in the North last week. |
Dickson
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... Ummm...Aondoakaa.The son of man..A man with a magnitude propensity with tentacle spreaded all over.That could have reinstated the rule of law for the common man and passage of justice for the masses and the helpless but instead abuses their position by defending criminals absorbing them from being prosecuted...Justice is near.My prayer for you is to repent and do what is right before you loose it all.. |
FRANK A
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... REVOLUTION,REVOLUTION ,REVOLUTION.HAUSA/FULANI/YORUBA/IGBO/NIGER-DELTA,SOUTH-SOUTH/MIDDLE-BELT/EFIK/AND THE REST OF TRIBES THAT MAKE UP NIGERIA SHOULD JOIN HANDS AND RISE UP IN THE DEFENCE OF OUR COUNTRY.IT IS OBVIOUS THAT AT THIS PACE,NIGERIA WILL DISINTEGRATE IN NO TIME.THIS IS A CERTAINTY.PUT TRIBE AND RELIGION ASIDE,AND UNDERSTAND THAT IT WILL TAKES GUTS AND COURAGE TO SAVE THIS COUNTRY.OUR INFRASTRUCTURES ARE IN BAD SHAPE,OUR JUDICIARY IS CORRUPT,OUR POLICE AND SECURITY SYSTEMS ARE NON-EXISTENT,EDUCATION HAS GRINDED TO A HALT.LIFE EXPECTANCY IS BARELY 40 YEARS DUE TO A HEALTHCARE SYSTEM THAT IS THE WORST IN THE WHOLE WORLD.OUR MEDICAL PRATITIONERS ARE EITHER LEAVING FOR CIVILZED COUNTRIES OR ARE SO CORRUPT AND INCAPABLE OF SAVING LIVES.IN 2009 WE STILL DO NOT HAVE STEADY ELECTRICITY.OUR ROADS ARE DEATH TRAPS.ARMED ROBBERS AND KILLERS ARE ROAMING THE STREET WITH IMPUNITY.KIDNAPPING AND EXTORTION IS THE NORM AS OF THIS DAY. |
usama
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... Nigreia is being govern by a crime syndicate/cult! with people like aondoakaa,ibori,anenih,turai,tanimu,ruma,farida,mark, justice abdullahi & bulkachuwa,saraki,aliero n co at d corridors of power! |
DARLINGTON KENUBIA
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... I WONDER WHY THE AGF IS STILL MAKING NOISE AFTER ALL THESE REVELATIONS. hE SHOULD BURY HIS HEAD IN SHAME, HE IS THE WORST AGF TO HAVE EVER SERVED NIGERIA |
onyegba
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... He must be a big thief indeed,these type of people should be hanged publicly in their native compund. Somebody should investgate Umar holdup whelther he has share from the loot of the big thief AONDONKAA what a disgrace? |
-floriana@
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... Yaradua thrives in having criminals appointed to juicy positions in his illegal goverment. See: 1.david edebvie-principal secretary, wanted in UK for money laundering 2.Prof Tunde Adeniran- Rejected by Obama as Nigeria's Ambassador to US(never happened before) 3.James Ibori- close confidant of yaradua 4.Dahiru Mangal - Nigeria's most respected smuggler and yaradua's closest friend 5.Dr Paul Orhi DG NAFDAC nominated by Aoandoakaa 6.Farida Waziri EFCC packaged by Ibori, Saraki & Anondoakaa 7.Vincent Ogbulafor-most corrupt chairman of African largest politicalparty 8.Anthony Anenih, former minister of works (N350 billion stolen) -chairman NPA (replaced Bode george) etc |
OBAMA PIKIN
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... WHICH WAY NIGERIA, WHICH WAY TO GO? THE ANSWERS REMAINS IN OUR HANDS OOH NIGERIAN MASSES |
OBAMA PIKIN
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... WHICH WAY NIGERIA, WHICH WAY NIGERIA, WHICH WAY TO GO...? THE ANSWER REMAINDS IN OUR HANDS OOH NIGERIAN MASSES |
GODSOWN1
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... Am tired reading about all these guys (Ibori, Aondonkaa, Yaradua, Turai etc) evil, looting etc Let us agree way forward, especially to get them and their lots out of equation of this country. Have u being following UN and G-20 how do we place Nigeria in the league of Nations, and we suppose to be GIANT of Africa. Hmm giant in corruption, looting, financial malpractises that is what we are. To change our status quo all hands have to be on deck. Now all these reports and evidence we have can a group form use it to prosecute these gangs with demands that NO nation in the world should recognise or accept their loots as it is crime againt the amajeri, the ND, the beggars on Lagos street etc.. just an idea, may not be perfect. |
PREYE IBISO
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... IS IT THAT YARADUA CANNOT UNDERSTAND THAT PEOPLE LIKE IWU, IBORI AND AONDOKAAN SHOW CLEARLY THAT HE IS INCAPABLE OF ATTENDING TO THE COUNTRY'S URGENT NEED TO DEAL DECISIVELY WITH CORRUPTION? DOES THIS REQUIRE A GENIUS TO FIGURE OUT OR DOES HE HAVE ANY SECRET DEALINGS THAT COMMIT HIM TO THESE PEOPLE? |
Femi Omo-Owa
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... What a hell the kind of people gathered together to rule this country in the name of enriching themselves? Yar'adua, when are you chasing this Aondoakaa away from your govt? If a necessary care is not taken this man and the like, will make your govt to be like Nebuchadnezzar's in the Bible because the blood of the innocents is cry for justice to God against this govt. Yar'adua, please, find something positive to do. Many are dying every day because we are being ruled by heartless people. Many have lost their lives as a result of the govt actions on Airport authority, 1004, elections frauds, bad road, persistence power failure and the likes. |
Mefor Chukwudi Ofalla
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... A lot of negative issues have been raised in recent times about Aondoakaa's activities.I believe his affairs should seriously be looked into because a stitch in time saves...... |
Elmango Meat
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... Like the proverbial cat with nine lives, Ando keeps cropping up in all manner of corrupt deals and controversial situations. How does he do it? What amazes me is the propensity at which Nigeria conjures up all manner of shady characters and mavericks in different regimes, of different times of all ages - Fani Kayode, Maurice Iwu, Umaru Dikko, Babangida, Andy Uba, Orji Kalu, Obasanjo, Ibori, Odili, Abacha and the list goes on. Now Ando. He has single handedly taken the central stage, absorbing all the opprobrium of the public even though those quietly stealing billions do so away from the glare of the public. Flamboyance and arrogance will get you nowhere. |
Sanchos
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... Is Wale Babalakin really the main face behind Bi-Courtney? It sounds hard to believe he has so much clout. |
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